A remarkably similar proportion of mums and dads would like to work flexibly to spend more time with their children – yet mothers are much more likely to work part-time than fathers.These patterns can be ingrained early. In the UK, fathers and non-childbearing parents are eligible to take up to 50 weeks of shared parental leave, but estimates for uptake vary from just 0.5% to 8%.These unequal divisions of parental care and flexible working are significant drivers of the gender pay gap. So what can we do to fix them and better support men to share the care? Join our panel to discuss. 

Panel

• Ed Miliband, Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, and author of Go Big: How To Fix Our World
• Julia Gillard, former Prime Minister of Australia and Chair of the Global Institute for Women's Leadership (chair)
• Shoshana Davidson, Principal Advisor, Equalities, Diversity & Inclusion, Behavioural Insights Team
• Drew Gibson, Senior Manager for Inclusion, Santander UK